They call themselves variously Kel Tamasheq or Kel Tamajaq - Speakers of Tamasheq, Imuhagh, Imazaghan or Imashaghen - the Free people, or Kel Tagelmust - People of the Veil. The name Tuareg was applied to them by early explorers and historians, since Leo Africanus (c. 1494 – c. 1554?).
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